Citizens for Justice and Peace
Muslims in favour of Ram temple: RSS leader
06-Jan-2016
Vikas Pathak NEW DELHI, January 6, 2016 Many Muslims “desire” to take the initiative to facilitate the construction of a Ram temple at Ayodhya and there may be a “mass movement” from within the community for the same in 2016, claims senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar. Mr. Kumar, who is the mentor of RSS’ Muslim…
Two Dalit IAS officers allege caste bias in Madhya Pradesh
05-Jan-2016
IAS officers Ramesh Thete and Shashi Karnavat alleged that the state government was quick to penalise them while ignoring similar misconduct by officers belonging to upper castes. Written by Milind Ghatwai Bhopal Published:Jan 5, 2016, 2:38 Days after a Dalit IAS officer in Rajasthan converted to Islam as protest against discrimination, two Dalit IAS officers…
RSS leader pitches for Ram temple
05-Jan-2016
National Bureau NEW DELHI, January 5, 2016 RSS leader Indresh Kumar made use of a book release function here on Monday to make a subtle pitch for a Ram temple at Ayodhya, saying the ancestors of Indian Muslims were Hindus. He said Ram was the same as what Muslims called Khuda or Christians called God…
Dalit denied decent burial, High Court comes to aid
05-Jan-2016
Staff Reporter CHENNAI, January 5, 2016 Concerned over a plea moved by a person belonging to the Scheduled Caste, alleging that his grandfather who died on Sunday could not be buried as the upper caste people in his village were preventing him from using the road leading to the burial ground, the Madras High Court…
Petition against conversion of agriculture land
05-Jan-2016
Staff Reporter Tirupur, January 5, 2016 A group of activists petitioned Collector G. Govindaraj on Monday seeking action against people who allegedly sold 16-acre agriculture land at Sivanmalai for construction of houses by forging documents. R. Senthil Kumar, one of the petitioners, told reporters that the conversion took place by forging the revenue documents. So,…
WOMEN UNDER ATTACK – Rajkot woman raped in moving school van
05-Jan-2016
Jan 06 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Rajkot TIMES NEWS NETWORK Van Driver, His Friend Arrested After Survivor Files Complaint Saurashtra’s commercial capital was reminded of the ghastly 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape when a 22-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in a moving school van for an hour on Sunday night. Police arrested two…
`No religion please, we’re all pehelwans’
05-Jan-2016
Jan 06 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Ishita Mishra Agra: As the nation wres les with the issue of “tolerance“, it needs only to look at the wrestlers of Mallaka Chautra Akhada in Agra’s Shahganj to see how communal amity can be a lived experience. Recently , as a guru at the akhada…
VHP to set Ram temple deadline for government
04-Jan-2016
Jan 04 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Sangam (Allahabad): . TNN Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday said it would set a `deadline’ for the Centre to take a decision on the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya in the `Sant Sammelan’ conference which would be held here on February 4 and 5.…
Suleman Usman shootout: Trial pending for two decades
04-Jan-2016
• 4 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Charul Shah charul.shah@hindustantimes.com MUMBAI: Even after more than two decades, the trial for the Suleman Usman Bakery encounter during the 1993 riots where nine people had died is yet to begin. This time, the officer in charge of the investigation has failed to appear before the…
Mob attacks police station in Malda
04-Jan-2016
Special Correspondent Kolkata, January 4, 2016 Violence spreads from rally organised to condemn derogatory statement of Hindu outfit leader More than a dozen policemen, including an inspector in-charge of a police station, were injured in mob fury in West Bengal’s Malda district on Sunday. Gopal Tiwari, 22, sustained a gunshot while about 30 vehicles were…